Mechanical movement.



L. ZIEGLER- MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.18. 19!];

1,252,070. Patented Jan. 1,1918.

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T uiZ whomz't may concern: J Be it knownthatl, LOUIS ZIEGLER, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of;- Lyndhurst, county of Bergen, andState of New Jersey, have invented certainnew and usefulImprovements in Mechanical Move-'1 ments,xof which the following is a specification.

producing intermittent rotation. f

A mechanical movement embodying the present invention may be made. useof: for' ment' is to be rotated intermittently, as,- for example, it may be made use of for securingthe intermittent rotation of the feeding sprocket or roll of a motion picture device suchas a camera or projecting machineyand an embodiment thereof is illustrated in con nection' with .such :use in the drawing formlnga part hereof. In sa d drawlng, Figure 1 1s a perspectlve'vlew partly in sect on of one form of means embodying my invention" and illustrated-in connection with theifilm of .a moving picture apparatus. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the feed sprocket of a moving picture apparatus equipped" with an intermittent rotor forming part of the feed a.p.

paratus. Fig. 3 is' a diagrammatic side view of the apparatus shown inJFl'g. 1, and Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of the rotor for intermittent feed.

The intermittently rotatable member 10 is preferably of such form as to be balanced with respect to the axis ofitss'haftll "and" may have generally the form of a cylinder, 9

as shown. It is provided with flat faces, and means are provided for securing its intermittent rotation by coaction with said flat faces. In the form shown there are four of these faces arranged in pairs, and they are produced by cutting notches 12 in the rotary member 10, such notches 12 having their flat bottom faces 13 in planes which are tangential to the axis of rotation of the rotary member 10 In the form shown all the faces 13 are at the same distance from the said axis, and they are arranged in two pairs, the faces in each pair being alike and opposite one another and at the same distance from the axis of rotation, and the one pair of faces being at right angles tot-he faces of the other pair. Such sets of faces 55 may be arranged in a variety of ways, but In the form shown the member 10 is notched p imncnnnican Mo vEM ENir.

Specification off Letters My invention relates to mechanical move-1 10 ments, and more partlcularly tomeansxfor" Application filed-August 1s,1917."- Serial no. =1se,'s'e4.-:-

I out itsae'n dsrso'as to leavesubstantially? I 7 central lugs 141, ,11 extending; from {its v 0p- Y posite ends [in directions) at right; angles to '1 one anothen aiidithe shaft 11,, which-isprief-ioo erably formed. integral with: thamember. 10, projects axially therefrom and is, a cont-inuzt- 1; tion-of one, ofthe lugs 14. i 'il": Means. .reciprocablei-n a .rightqline dirk-3631' tion are-provided for rcoeactin'g' with the/:

faces Y13 and securing intermittentrotation 7 of the member .10 and shaft-:11. Such: rightline reciprocating members are :designated by the reference numeral 15 1n the form gf,

any purpose where apart-Ora machine elefl'shown,cand,;the faces 16 therefof wliich,upon

reciprocation of the members 15 contact 3 with. and rest upon {the faces 13, are located so as .to reciprocate withrespe'ct :to the -a'xis member 10 at substantially,theusameQ-dis tance from the axis {of rotationas the/ distance of the'faces :13, from such axis. In

the form) shown the members {15I' arev pro- 1 vided with substantially square :endfaces 17;: and are chamfe'red offer roundedgas shown at 18, where'the endface 171metslthe-lone gltudinal or holding; face. 16.1,;The. ends 17? 5,

'may-be'ofpother; forms, 'if;.clesired=. a'I-he I members 15 operatealtjernately, ahd asisoon-u as or immediately ,after' one is withdrawn", from contact :;with; a face 13; of the mem ber;-

10,. the other reciprocatingxmember 15 :comes ,intooperation, andby.contactoff-its ;end--;j 17 with aface-13 serves to-zturnthe member- 10 through. an.,angle,:such angle, ,in'the con? i 1 structionshown beingra right angle, and to lock and hold it in such partially rotated position 1 by contact of its; face16 w'vithv the; 1 face 13 of the member 10. The means for 22 which carries eccentrics 23 and 24/ The connecting rods 25 and 26 have eccentric straps 27 and 28 in which the eccentrics 23 and 24 turn, and these connecting rods are pivoted to levers or arms 29 and 80 which are pivotally secured to the members 15 and are also pivotally secured at their opposite ends to loose cranks 31 and 32.

In the form shown the eccentrics 23 and 24 are placed at an angle of 180 to one another so that the two members 15, 15, which are guided in any convenient guiding means, as 33, move always in opposite directions and coact alternately in the manner described With the faces 13,13 of the member 10, each of the reciprocator'ymembers-con tacting alter nately with a face l3 onvopposite sides of a lug 14.

It. Will be seen shown themember 10 "is alternately rotated through 90, then held stationary .fonian 1n-.

terval, and then further rotated in the same locked againstq-otationn. 7

tion illustrated is intended onlyforb-the :pur pose of affording clearunderstanding of 1ny invention;. and' 't'h'at changesand 'modifi-' 1r that with ,the construction.

cationsmaybe-resorted to yvithin'the scope.

f y. laims, by which [my invention "is de- 1' Having'v thus iidesoribed I xmyia invention; I claim? 1. A rotary membenhaV-inga:flatzfacerand a right line reciprocating member-adapted 1 to 'produce irotatio'rir of :said :r'otary member by terminal contact: with 'iisaidi face and :to holdr said" rotary smember: against rotation by longitudinal contact" with said face. '2

2; A member mo untedi for-"rotation v and;v provided with a: pair :of opposite :flat faces at substantially: equalzdistances'ifromitsaxis '5 of rotation,'=a membenreciproeable in airight" line; and having a :face at: :substantially the}: distance) of the-f-faces ofathe rotary -membei" from-itsiaxisgofrotation and means for reciproeatin'g said reciprocable memberr V 3. A member i -mounted: for :rotation: and i having aplurality 'of'pairsnof'fiatl faces, the 31:

#19171 a and an equal distanee from-:the 'raxis of irota-v tion; and means for intermittently rotating faces of a pairbei ng o-pposite one: another said member and holding it stationary by coaction With said flat faces.

a-The 'combination'of a rotary member having. a plurality of flat faces, a plurality of member'sreciprocable in a right line, said contact: of theinends therewith and to hold said rotary member against rotation by reciprocable, members being adapted. to 7. "cause rotation of said rotary member by longitudinal contact therewith and operat-- inmalternatel 'to rotate said rotar I member ithrough a portion ofa revolution and: to

hold it stationary.

5." A11 intermittently: rotatable memberhavingtwo axially projecting lugs at right angles to one another and providing two sopposite faces equidistant from the aXis of said 7 member, a rightlinercciprocatingmember opposite each lug and having a face at the same distance from the axis :of theirotatable member as the faces on said lug, and means for :reciprocatmg said reclprocable members member and produce intermittent rotation thereof.

zalternatelyimto coact with said rotatable 6. A shaft, means forrotating the shaft, a pair of oppositely disposed eccentrics on said shaft' fconnecting rods operatively cone nected withisaideccentrics, levers pivotede between their ends to said connecting rods, loose-cranks pivotedzto the leversat an endtfl thereof, guides, members reciproeable in a rightillne 111 saidguldes' and p voted to said; ilevers at theends opposite the cranks, and a member mounted i for rotation and" having flat faces engaged by said reciprocatory members whereby. intermittent 'IOtZLtIOHmlSJ impartedto said rotary member.

In testimony that-I claim the foregoingfl hereto set my hand, this 17th day of August LOUIS ZIEGLER.

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